Landowner Says The Border Wall Has Cut Off Access To Their Property

KRGV news
January 25, 2010
by Christina Rendon

BROWNSVILLE - Ernesto De Leon's family has owned land south of town for generations. They've allowed a Fermin Leal to use the land grow crops on it since the 1970's.

Leal says recent work on the border wall has cut off access to the land.

"We don't have access to our property without going through someone else's property," says Leal.

Leal tells CHANNEL 5 NEWS up until a few weeks ago, there was a gap they used to access the land, but the government has now closed that gap.

Ernesto De Leon says he didn't fight the government when they initially built the wall, giving it away on the condition crews built a 40 foot gate on his property.

"We had four or five different properties we had to sign up for that fence to go through," says De Leon.

De Leon says he plans to fight for the fence he was promised, even if he has to take it to court.

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